Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now originally he would have given it to the servers who would have taken it out here . |
| 2 | But if I had called out you would then have heard me across the stones . |
| 3 | ‘ I could have forgiven him for the debts he piled up , but the lies , having another woman — I can never forgive that , ’ Jean says . |
| 4 | The reporter snapped a rubber band over his notebook , told Hank he would have rung him about the details of the book but he had not been able to get through . |
| 5 | In Ancient Rome they 'd have chucked him to the lions . |
| 6 | Goering could have shot him from the skies . |
| 7 | There 's another thing what we 'd have all said when we got , you 'd have said it over the years yourself , erm , well just ring in and we 'll give you the price , you know , and if we kind of touch up to contract or flat rate or whatever is the way to get ahead , or you get whatever , ring Linda , or ring Jane and she says right , and we 've said that for years , |
| 8 | So far as she could recall , she had seen no reviews but then , of course , she knew she could easily have missed them in the interstices of choosing wallpaper , driving down to Hillmarden , overseeing decorators , interviewing nannies , buying a layette and all the hundred and one other things with which she was continually being confronted . |
| 9 | You must have seen him at the pictures . ‘ |
| 10 | Few of the cast would have seen him in the revues of the late thirties where his career started , but they would all have caught up with the films he had made in the immediate post-war years . |
| 11 | Whoever was inside could have seen him from the windows . |
| 12 | ‘ He would have seen her at the races , ’ I said , smiling . |
| 13 | After all , she might have seen it on the ceptors and come out to help . |
| 14 | By then , the techniques of study should have soaked you in the subjects you are studying . |
| 15 | ‘ If she knew about the book , he may have told her about the contents , too . ’ |
| 16 | He reached for his cup , and there was Julian with the flagon lifted , ready to refill both his and Hotspur 's , so silently and impassively that they might almost have dreamed her into the fringes of their conference , but for the fourth cup which had appeared beside theirs , and which she was also filling to the brim . |
| 17 | She might then have sought and received public assistance or have pledged her husband 's credit with tradesmen : in which case the National Assistance Board might have summoned him before the magistrates , or the tradesmen might have sued him in the county court . |
| 18 | She could have asked him about the carrots . |
| 19 | Carla would have taken him to the cleaners for that . |
| 20 | Oh , I knew that that night I was in a very difficult position , if he had been on the public highway I could have taken him to the police station and taken him |
| 21 | I could have taken him if he 's on the public highway , I could have taken him to the police station . |
| 22 | Some readers may therefore have identified them as the police officers referred to in our article of May 13 , 1986 . |
| 23 | I had been wept on by so many boyfriends that , had Home Sister known , she would have warned me of the dangers of pneumonia every time I went out on a date . |
| 24 | Cissie was the first to recover , and there was no doubt she would have chased him to the ends of Kingdom Come if Beth had n't thrust out an arm to stop her . |
| 25 | His voice was a mere whisper , but such was the effect of his words on the woman that he might have shouted them from the rooftops . |
| 26 | The Jacobite sympathies of the family might well have prejudiced them in the eyes of the early Georges , but George III , especially after falling out with Coutts , had an affectionate and very special relationship with Drummonds . |
| 27 | Harvey said later that he thought the decision had been harsh and added that there had been no warning given about time-wasting before the game , although he accepted that Tyson could have mentioned it to the players during the match , a fact confirmed by the referee as he left the ground . |